FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 9298/21 László DUKA

against Hungary

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 10 March 2022 as a Committee composed of:

Alena Poláčková, President, Raffaele Sabato, Davor Derenčinović, judges,

and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 22 January 2021,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr László Duka, was born in 1975.

The applicant was represented by Mr D.A. Karsai, a lawyer practising in Budapest.

The applicant’s complaints under Articles 5 and 6 of the Convention concerning the duration of his pre-trial detention and of his trial were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”).

On 3 February 2022 the applicant’s representative informed the Registry that the applicant had died on 22 November 2021 and that his application to the Court would not be pursued.

THE LAW

In the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the applicant’s heirs, if any, do not wish to pursue the application within the meaning of Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention.

Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.

Done in English and notified in writing on 31 March 2022.

Attila Teplán Alena Poláčková Acting Deputy Registrar President